Blue Jays Pitcher Cuts Ties With Team After 3-Day Stint

BusinessSportsMoneyBlue Jays Pitcher Cuts Ties With Team After 3-Day StintByPeter Chawaga,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Chawaga is a writer and editor covering Major League Baseball.Follow AuthorJun 04, 2026, 06:00am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.TORONTO, CANADA - JULY 26: The Toronto Blue Jays logo is seen during warms up ahead of the game against the Texas Rangers at Rogers Centre on July 26, 2024 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe Toronto Blue Jays have spent much of the 2026 season cycling through bullpen arms as they attempt to reinforce a pitching staff with postseason aspirations. That approach has led to several short-term roster moves involving veteran relievers expected to handle some emergency innings.Most recently, one of those pitchers was Austin Voth, a veteran right-hander who has repeatedly found himself moving between organizations and roster statuses throughout this year. Despite receiving multiple opportunities in Toronto, though, his latest stay with the club proved remarkably brief.Following a three-day stint with the team, Voth was designated for assignment last week and has now formally cut ties with the organization by electing free agency, according to the official transaction tracker.ForbesBrewers 2-Time All-Star Issues Apology For ‘Distraction’ After MLB PunishmentBy Peter ChawagaToronto Blue Jays Lose Veteran Pitcher Again As Roster Shuffle ContinuesThis was not the first time the team had pushed Voth off the roster this season, as it has sent him back and forth from the minors and signed him to two different contracts this season.MORE FOR YOU“Voth, 34 this month, has been on Toronto’s roster a couple of times this year as an emergency arm,” Darragh McDonald wrote for MLB Trade Rumors. “In both cases, he was quickly bumped off the roster after one appeara...